தூக்கு

Tamil

Etymology

Cognate with Telugu తూగు (tūgu), Telugu తూకొను (tūkonu), Malayalam തൂക്കുക (tūkkuka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪uːkːu/, [t̪uːkːɯ]

Verb

தூக்கு (tūkku)

  1. (transitive) to lift, raise, take up, hoist
  2. to weigh, balance
  3. to consider, reflect, investigate
  4. to compare
  5. to have in view, expect
  6. to hang, suspend
  7. to lift up (as one from a pit), to lend a helping hand
  8. to weigh anchor
  9. to shake, agitate, cause motion
  10. to overpower, take by storm

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From தூக்கு (tūkku). Cognate with Telugu తూచు (tūcu), Telugu తూకు (tūku), Malayalam തൂക്കു (tūkku).

Noun

தூக்கு (tūkku)

  1. pendant, anything suspended
  2. suspended net-work of rope supporting a pot
  3. hook or rope to suspend anything
  4. balance
  5. (astrology) Libra
  6. weight
  7. a bazaar weight equal to 50 palams
  8. a standard weight equal to 1 tulām or 100 palams
  9. anything carried by hand, as in a basket
  10. yoke
  11. wooden frame of a plumb line
  12. plumb line
  13. height, altitude
  14. rise (as in prices)
  15. perpendicularity, steepness
  16. comparison, similitude
  17. deliberation, weighing in mind, pondering
  18. poem
  19. (prosody) a pause which helps in determining the metrical nature of a verse
  20. dancing
  21. music
  22. guru

References

  • University of Madras (1924-1936) , தூக்கு”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press.
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